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- List of explorers (24013 bytes)
1: ...a explorers]], [[astronaut]], [[conquistador]], [[travelogue]], the [[History of Science and Technolog...
26: ...rich Barth]] ([[1821]]-[[1865]]), Northern and Central Africa
29: *[[George Bass]] - [[Australia]]n explorer
30: ...isited [[Mecca]] several times, travelled to [[Central Asia]], [[East Africa]], [[China]], [[Tomboucto...
31: ... [[France|French]] explorer, mapped the West [[Australia]]n coastline. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
7: ...harles d'Abancourt|Abancourt, Charles d']], (1758-1792), French statesman
17: ...badie|Abbadie, Antoine Thomson d']], (1810-1897), traveler
51: *[[Abd-el-latif]], (1162-1231), physician and traveller
71: ...Ogden Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
91: *[[Abhijeet Kale]], [[cricketer]] from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]], in the center of a selection scam - List of people by name: Ac (3800 bytes)
3: ...ba, Joseph M.]] (born 1967), first Puerto Rican Astronaut
4: ...iarch Acacius|Acacius, Patriarch]], (died 489), patriarch of Constantinople
14: ...illas of Alexandria]], (died 313), Coptic Pope, Patriarch of Alexandria
46: ...tte Ackermann|Ackermann, Sophie Charlotte]] (1714-1792)
62: *[[Loren Acton|Acton, Loren]], (born 1936), US astronaut - List of people by name: Ad (7741 bytes)
20: *[[Robert Adam|Adam, Robert]], (1728-1792), architect
46: ...ngeline Adams|Adams, Evangeline]], (1868-1932), astrologer
56: ...n Couch Adams|Adams, John Couch]], (1819-1892), astronomer
58: *[[John Adams (Pitcairn)|Adams, John]], Patriarch Of Pitcairn
65: ...el Adams|Adams, Samuel]], (1722-1803), American patriot & Governor of Massachusetts - Maria Theresa of Austria (8450 bytes)
1: ''This page is about Maria Theresa of Austria (often only known as Empress Maria Theresa), ru...
3: ..., Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Parma, Piacenza, and Guastalla]]
4: ...owerful women of her time, ruling over most of central Europe.
6: ...ued, on Charles' death ([[1740]]) the [[War of Austrian Succession]] began.
8: ...ng to adulthood. She made him co-regent of her Austrian dominions, but she actually kept most of the p... - Catherine II of Russia (9308 bytes)
5: ... a distant castle, and Catherine took the throne, triumphant about her bloodless and widely supported ...
11: ...le status hereditary; and gave the nobles full control over their serfs and lands. In addition, Cather...
13: ...courage the modernization of agriculture and industry. Second, she encouraged foreign investment in ec...
19: ...titions of Poland|partitions]] among Russia, [[Austria]] and [[Prussia]] (1772, 1793 and 1795).
21: ...gn. This war ([[1787]]-[[1792]]) ended with the [[Treaty of Jassy]], which legitimated the Russian cla... - Marie Antoinette (40871 bytes)
2: ...ber]] [[1793]]) Daughter of [[Maria Theresa of Austria]], wife of [[Louis XVI]] and mother of [[Louis ...
4: ...r) of the Austrian empress, [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]] and [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emp...
7: ...ther, the Empress Maria-Theresa, had ruled the Austrian Empire for fifteen years before Antoinette's b...
15: ...that he should marry one of [[Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresa]]'s daughters. With Johanna-Gabri...
19: ... a Thanksgiving Mass was held in her honour. The streets of the city where covered in flowers, which M... - Rose (15436 bytes)
4: {{Taxobox_regnum_entry | taxon = [[Plant]]ae}}
5: {{Taxobox_divisio_entry | taxon = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]}}
6: {{Taxobox_classis_entry | taxon = [[Magnoliopsida]]}}
7: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Rosales]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Rosaceae]]}} - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...ry were significant numbers of [[Persian rug]]s introduced to Western Europe.
3: ...ps. In the real estate and home improvement industries a distinction is made between carpet (or carpe...
10: ...th]], and [[ingrain]] (aka double cloth, two-ply, triple cloth, or three-ply).
12: ...g''' is a simple type of rug handmade by pulling strips of cloth such as wool or cotton through the me...
14: ...supplementary weft cut-loop pile''' carpet), the structural weft threads alternate with a supplementar... - Ponce De Leon (5480 bytes)
4: ...forced the Tainos to work in the mines and to construct fortifications. The Tainos subsequently died i...
11: ...ons seized after the English attacked San Juan in 1792.]] - George Washington (29551 bytes)
19: ...alled '''[[Father of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United Sta...
26: ...[[Chotank]] in King George County. As a youth, he trained as a [[surveyor]] (obtaining his certificate...
29: ... 1772.JPG|thumb|right|275px|This, the earliest portrait of Washington, was painted in [[1772]] by [[Ch...
31: ...irginia Regiment, led a mission into the Ohio Country. He ambushed a [[French Canadian]] scouting part...
33: ...nd showed coolness under fire in organizing the retreat. In Virginia, Washington was acclaimed as a he... - John Adams (18716 bytes)
10: | place of birth=[[Braintree]], [[Massachusetts]]
22: ...Old Style]], [[Julian Calendar]]), 1735 in [[Braintree, Massachusetts]]. His father, a farmer, also na...
24: ...length, his recollections of this scene; it is instructive to compare the two accounts.
31: ... to the Stamp Act was a part of the never-ending struggle between individualism and corporate authorit...
33: ...our colonists during the [[Boston Massacre]]. The trial resulted in an [[acquittal]] of the officer wh... - Thomas Jefferson (31127 bytes)
20: ... in [[1962]], saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge...
25: ... of Independence]], and a source of many other contributions to American political and civil culture. ...
32: ...n Virginia, to say nothing of the rest of the country.
35: ... agricultural nation of [[yeoman]] farmers, in contrast to the vision of [[Alexander Hamilton]], who e...
41: Jefferson's portrait appears on the U.S. [[United States Two dollar... - George M. Dallas (3858 bytes)
3: '''George Mifflin Dallas''' ([[July 10]], [[1792]] – [[December 31]], [[1864]]) was a [[Unit...
5: ...nited States district attorney for the eastern district of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1829 to [[1831]]. He...
7: ...nted by President [[Martin Van Buren]] as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia f...
9: Dallas was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to [[United...
11: Dallas was the son of [[U.S. Treasury Secretary]] [[Alexander J. Dallas]] and is ... - Eli Whitney (3270 bytes)
6: ...duated from [[Yale University|Yale]] College in [[1792]], where he was elected to [[Phi Beta Kappa]]. On...
14: ... time had been extremely labor-intensive. This contributed to the economic development of the [[Southe...
18: ... and its constituent elements should rightly be attributed to Eli Whitney; some contend that [[Catheri...
22: Whitney's greatest contribution to American industry was the development and implementation of the [[...
24: ...yle of manufacturing, where a skilled workman constructed individual items out of handmade and fitted ... - Delaware (15006 bytes)
40: ...opeans first settled in a [[Netherlands | Dutch]] trading post at "Zwaanendael" (or "Swaanendael," pre...
44: ...y between Delaware and Maryland is known as the [[Transpeninsular Line]]. Several towns on the borders...
46: ...hree counties became "The Delaware State," and in 1792 that entity adopted its first constitution, decla...
48: ...d is the oldest such cultural festival in the country.
67: ... the [[Delmarva Peninsula]], a geographical unit stretching far down the Mid-Atlantic coast. - Kentucky (15076 bytes)
24: AdmittanceDate = [[June 1]], [[1792]] |
25: ...]-4 (eastern)<br/>[[Central Standard Time Zone|Central]]: [[UTC]]-6/[[Daylight saving time|DST]]-5 (we...
41: ...e final convention in April 1792. On [[June 1]], 1792, Kentucky became the fifteenth state in the union...
43: ...merican Civil War]], Kentucky proclaimed its [[neutrality]] in the conflict but was forced to take the...
45: ...d to be due to the fact that many Native American tribes went there to hunt the game-rich forests and ... - Washington (20186 bytes)
45: ...d [[whale]] hunting. In the east, nomadic tribes travelled the land and missionaries such as the Whit...
49: ...then by British Captain [[George Vancouver]] in [[1792]].
51: ...ia river]] and, beginning in 1792, he established trade in [[Sea Otter]] pelts. In [[1805]] the [[Lewi...
53: ...ritain ceded their claims to this land with the [[Treaty of Oregon]].
55: Due to the migration along the [[Oregon Trail]], many settlers wandered north to what is now... - Virginia (23198 bytes)
38: ...as admitted to the Union as a separate state in [[1792]] while the latter broke away from Virginia durin...
48: ...ded by Virginia [[History of Washington, DC|was retroceded to Virginia]] effective [[1847]], and is n...
54: ... since [[Reconstruction era (United States)|Reconstruction]] when he was elected Governor of Virginia.
57: ...on]] and the cornerstone was laid by Governor [[Patrick Henry]] in [[1785]].
59: ...rtant and new. It gave Virginians a chance to control their own government for the first time. At fi... - Pennsylvania (32594 bytes)
38: ...y Bell]], [[Independence Hall]], and a thriving metropolitan area, and [[Pittsburgh]], a busy inland [...
42: ...so-called "Pennsylvania Dutch" region in south-central Pennsylvania is another favorite of sightseers....
51: ... Eriez, [[Shawnee]] and other [[Native American]] tribes.
53: ...f Philadelphia, was settled by [[Sweden]], but control later passed to the [[Netherlands]], and then t...
57: ...Wales|Welsh]] [[Quaker]]s and called the "[[Welsh Tract]]". Even today many cities and towns in that a...
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